Presales Engineer
UK

The median Presales Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 927 1193
Rank change year-on-year +57 +266 -369
Permanent jobs requiring a Presales Engineer 44 37 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.036% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.039% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 34 34 30
10th Percentile £41,625 £41,500 £49,800
25th Percentile £46,250 £58,688 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £102,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £64,625 £112,500 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £40,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +29.63% -26.36% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Presales Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Presales Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Presales Engineer in the UK

Presales Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Presales Engineer.

Salary trend for Presales Engineer in the UK

Presales Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Presales Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Presales Engineer in the UK

Presales Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Presales Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +96 39 £57,500 -10.85% 8
England +105 35 £57,500 -23.33% 19
London +125 22 £57,500 -29.23% 7
UK excluding London +5 22 £52,500 +29.63% 10
South East +32 9 £45,000 +11.11% 6
Scotland - 9 - -
North of England +51 7 £62,500 +78.57% 1
East of England - 7 £62,500 - 2
North West - 7 £62,500 -
Yorkshire +90 6 £62,500 +78.57% 1
West Midlands +22 4 £62,500 - 1
Midlands +18 4 £62,500 -21.88% 1
North East - 3 £62,500 -

Presales Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Presales Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Presales Engineer in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Presales
2 26 (59.09%) SD-WAN
3 25 (56.82%) Fortinet
4 23 (52.27%) WAN
4 23 (52.27%) LAN
5 22 (50.00%) Cisco
5 22 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (50.00%) Meraki
6 20 (45.45%) Aruba
7 19 (43.18%) Azure
7 19 (43.18%) Cisco ISE
7 19 (43.18%) Public Cloud
7 19 (43.18%) Sales Enablement
8 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
8 14 (31.82%) Degree
9 13 (29.55%) Project Management
10 11 (25.00%) Finance
11 9 (20.45%) Dell
11 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (15.91%) Customer Requirements
13 6 (13.64%) Firewall
14 4 (9.09%) SaaS
14 4 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
14 4 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
14 4 (9.09%) Customer-Centric Approach
14 4 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
15 3 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (6.82%) IPsec
15 3 (6.82%) VPN

Presales Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) SaaS
3 2 (4.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (59.09%) SD-WAN
2 23 (52.27%) LAN
2 23 (52.27%) WAN
3 22 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (43.18%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (13.64%) Firewall
6 3 (6.82%) BGP
6 3 (6.82%) DMZ
6 3 (6.82%) DNS
6 3 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (6.82%) IPsec
6 3 (6.82%) MPLS
6 3 (6.82%) Network Security
6 3 (6.82%) OSPF
6 3 (6.82%) SSL
6 3 (6.82%) VPN
7 2 (4.55%) WLAN
8 1 (2.27%) Wireless
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.00%) Finance
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (43.18%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.82%) PKI
3 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Presales
2 19 (43.18%) Sales Enablement
3 13 (29.55%) Project Management
4 7 (15.91%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (9.09%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 4 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (9.09%) Data Acquisition
6 3 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (6.82%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (6.82%) SIEM
7 2 (4.55%) Business Development
7 2 (4.55%) Workflow
8 1 (2.27%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (2.27%) Computer Science
8 1 (2.27%) Data Engineering
8 1 (2.27%) Full Stack Development
8 1 (2.27%) Generative AI
8 1 (2.27%) Machine Learning
8 1 (2.27%) Performance Analysis
8 1 (2.27%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (4.55%) NIST
Vendors
1 25 (56.82%) Fortinet
2 22 (50.00%) Cisco
2 22 (50.00%) Meraki
3 20 (45.45%) Aruba
4 9 (20.45%) Dell
5 2 (4.55%) Adobe
5 2 (4.55%) Canon
5 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.55%) Xerox
6 1 (2.27%) Juniper
6 1 (2.27%) Ruckus Wireless